Friday, 10 October 2008

Croatia. The Mediterranean as it once was?

Thinking of going to Croatia on holiday? Read this piece by Diamond Walid and see if you fit into the rather narrow range of sexual and racial acceptability demanded by Croatian youths on the lookout for victims (you know, the kind that 'ask for it'). If you do, think about whether you want to have a holiday in a place where the range matters. If you don't, think twice.

2 comments:

Anonymous
said...

Yes, of course we are all like that in Croatia. And it is a very specific sport that we have.And it is a thing that doesn't happen absolutely nowhere else in the world except in Croatia....Come on.....

You're absolutely right to say that homophobia isn't restricted to Croatia. I only wish it was. But the indifference of the police force to the kind of violence described in the cited article is particularly worrying. Still, it's good to know that there are Croatians like you who are prepared to combat hate crimes and stand up for minority groups that run the risk of victimisation. Well done.

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Born in England, I've been living in central Italy since 1980. My début novel - LITTLE MONSTERS - was published by Picador on 7 March 2008. The paperback came out on 6 February 2009. A collection of short fiction, entitled THE SCENT OF CINNAMON AND OTHER STORIES, is now available from Salt Publishing. The title story was selected as one of the O. Henry Prize Stories 2007. My second novel, ANY HUMAN FACE, was published by Picador on 7 May 2010 and came out in paperback in November 2011. In February 2014, my new novel, THE VIEW FROM THE TOWER (Exhibit A) will be published along side a memoir (WITH A ZERO AT ITS HEART, The Friday Project).
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